Apple has begun rolling out iOS 18.2, which includes the much-hyped integration of ChatGPT with Siri.
Its available starting today for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, though only for more recent hardware.
That feature has caused some ridicule of Apple for the insensitive way itsummarized a persons breakup.
Apple’s integration of ChatGPT with Siri is going live.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
It can summarize emails as well, which could be useful for triage.
iOS 18.2 also introduces Genmoji, which lets users create custom emojis just by writing a description.
Early beta users have described them ascartoonish and shallow.
Users can also now edit their photos to remove objects.
Other AI-powered features are expected to come over time.
Apple says that OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, will not store user requests.
Neither Apple nor OpenAI have ever said whether any money is trading hands.
users frequently perceive that the chatbot has become dumber).
The aim is to convince the more than one billion iPhone users that they need these new features.
Many normies still do not use AI tools much in their daily lives, and this could change that.
Potentially for the worse if people start relying on bad information from their phones.
It will still be more useful than previous generations of Siri.
At the very least, putting ChatGPT aside, the rest of Apples AI integrations have clear practical use.
Hopefully for Apple, this one will work out in its favor.
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